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Q21.

Which public sector bank on 1 July 2017 issued communication to its customers that it will block all Maestro debit cards from 31 July 2017 ?

1)

State Bank of India (SBI)

2)

Bank of India (BOI)

3)

Punjab National Bank (PNB)

4)

Bank of Baroda

5)

None of these

Answer : Punjab National Bank (PNB)

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Q22.

Sharad Kumar Jain has assumed the additional charge of director general, National Water Development Agency (NWDA). NWDA is under which of the following Ministry ?

1)

Ministry of Human Resources

2)

Ministry of Water Resources

3)

Ministry of Water Resources and River Development

4)

Ministry of Natural Resources

5)

None of these

Answer : Ministry of Water Resources and River Development

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Q23.

Habibganj railway station will be country’s first railway station to be redeveloped as a public-private partnership (PPP) for a period of eight years. Habibganj railway station is belongs to which state ?

1)

UP

2)

Bihar

3)

MP

4)

West Bengal

5)

None of these

Answer : MP

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Q24.

Indian markets regulator SEBI constituted a 21-member Committee on corporate governance on 2 June 2017 that will advise it on issues relating to corporate governance in Indian firms. Who is heading this committee ?

1)

Ajay Tyagi

2)

Shakti kanta das,

3)

Tapan Ray

4)

Uday Kotak

5)

None of these

Answer : Uday Kotak

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Q25.

Which
state became the first state in the country to launch official e-wallet as it
launched ‘T-Wallet’ on 1 June 2017 ?

1)

Gujarat

2)

Telangana

3)

Kerala

4)

Odisha

5)

None of these

Answer : Telangana

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Q26.

Which of the following country's president on 1 June 2017 announced it’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change Agreement alleging that it favours world’s leading polluters like India and China, while being unfair to his country ?

1)

Russia

2)

U.S.A

3)

U.K

4)

France

5)

None of these

Answer : U.S.A

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Q27.

Indian-origin minister Leo Varadkar will become the next Prime Minister of which country after he was voted leader of the country’s main governing party on 2 June 2017 ?

1)

Scotland

2)

Serbia

3)

Ireland

4)

Canada

5)

None of these

Answer : Ireland

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Q28.

Noted poet S. Abdul Rahman who passed away on 2 June 2017.He was associated with which language?

1)

Telugu

2)

Kannada

3)

Tamil

4)

Malayalam

5)

None of these

Answer : Tamil

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Q29.

Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das retired on 31 May 2017 after 37 years of distinguished service in Finance Department. Who took the charge of Economic Affairs Secretary as additional charge?

1)

Tapan Ray

2)

Ramachandra Guha

3)

Mr. Rajiv Mehrishi,

4)

Ashok Lavasa

5)

None of these

Answer : Tapan Ray

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Q30.

Noted South Indian filmmaker Dasari Narayana Rao, recently passed away on 30 May 2017.He was mainly associated with film making in which language ?